MOTOE3
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 9 years ago
Good afternoon!
Two friends and I are planning our very first InterRail trip. We have opted for the 28 day pass and will be travelling during August 2015.
I was hoping you could help with a few of our concerns. My biggest worry is that we are simply trying to do too much. Here is the planned route so far. The number in brackets equals amount of days in each city.
Rome (1-3)
Venice (4-6)
Milan (6-9)
Bern (9-11)
Frankfurt (11-14)
Munich (14-16)
Vienna (16-18)
Budapest (18-21)
Prague (21-23)
Berlin (23-25)
Amsterdam (25-28)
So, the biggest question, can this route be done? I have looked at train timetables and it certainly seems possible but I'm no expert! We have already booked our outgoing flights to Rome and homecoming flights from Amsterdam so our trip must begin and end in those destinations.
Thoughts, help and advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you,
MOTOE3.
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
Did you already buy your pass? As there is no 28 day Interrail pass...
Your overall route looks good with not too much to worry about. You will need additional reservations to travel on high speed trains in Italy as well as from Milan to Bern. Of course these could be substituted by other local services without compulsory reservation.
If you didnt buy your tickets already it would be great to support us by buying your tickets through our partner link: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
If you do so, we will upgrade your account to PLUS and can give you even more detailed support, thank you. :arr: [u]https://rail.cc/en/plus[/u]
Flo 8)
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi MOTOE3.
For your trip trough Switzerland, think about this route - it's free with Interrail and amazing: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u]
Frankfurt: if you don't have something special to do there, I would skip it and include a much more interesting city.
In total you could extend your trip a little bit. Fro example include Krakow!?
Pete :)
MOTOE3
Traveller
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Thanks for your help guys.
Flo, I meant to say we have bought the one month continuous pass, my mistake! We used that link too. When do you think we should think about making train reservations? Do all high speed trains need reservations or just in Italy?
Pete, we really wanted to include a scenic train journey through the Alps from Milan to Bern, could we use that same route? Do you not feel there's much to see in Frankfurt?
Cheers,
MOTOE3
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
Just fill the form here and I set your profile to PLUS: [u]https://rail.cc/en/plus[/u]
Thank you for supporting the free information and help on railcc! :)
Concerning the scenic route (which I absolutely recommend!) from Italy to Switzerland: it doesn't matters if you end up in Zurich or Bern. Your main destination from Milan is Chur in Switzerland. From there continue to one of the both cities. :)
Mmmh... Frankfurt is known for its airport and the big business (banks), but not that scenic at all.
Better go to Heidelberg ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/heidelberg/c[/u] ), Cologne ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/cologne/c[/u] ), Berlin ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/berlin/c[/u] ), Rothenburg ob der Tauber ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/rothenburg-ob-der-tauber/c[/u] ), Nuremberg ( [u]https://rail.cc/en/nuremberg/c[/u] ) - but it depends of course on what you want to do... see old towns or prefer to party all night long. ;)
High-speed-trains in Italy: yes, all of them require a reservation. But this is easily possible at ticket machines in Italy, even at short notice. Or online via the Trenitalia website, select the option Global Pass while booking. But in Italy you often have free local trains - no need to pay for the high-speed-trains.
:arr: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/italy/it[/u]
Pete :)